As the temperatures continue to fall, the Upstate’s thinking about those who don't have a warm place to sleep.

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“It’s cold when you get out from underneath them blankets. Makes you want to crawl back under and say ‘Uh uh, not today,’” Clifford Hancock said.

On Sunday, people dropped off blankets and heaters at what's become known as Greenville's “Tent City.”

Across town, on West Washington Street, the white flag is up at Greenville Rescue Mission; a sign that the cold weather shelter is open.

“Our main goal is that no man stay outside and freeze to death,” Resident Supervisor Gary Dalton said.

Dalton said on average about 50 men have been spending the night lately, but the shelter can hold 125.

Greenville Rescue Mission opens the cold weather shelter whenever the temperature drops below 40 degrees. They generally starts letting folks in at 9 p.m. and will stay open longer than usual Monday because of the frigid temperatures. Dalton said people can stay at the shelter through Monday morning, when usually they have to leave by 6:30 a.m.

“With it getting this cold, even if you normally don't come here, I wish that you would at least for these few nights. It's going to be frigid cold out there,” Dalton said.

It’s advice worth taking, because doctors warn this type of weather can be dangerous to your health.

“When we get cold, our skin layers, the mucus membranes will get a little less blood flow. As that happens, your immune system can't get to those areas and can't fight off all those infectious agents,” Dr. Tom Sunshine of Doctors Express said.

While you're taking precaution, veterinarians want you to think about your animals.

“Just because they have fur does not mean they're immune to cold,” veterinarian Dr. Brent Goodson said.

Goodson, a vet at Animal Emergency Clinic, says pets can suffer from hypothermia or frostbite just like humans.

”We recommend all dogs and cats be brought indoors when it gets this cold,” Goodson said.

Goodson says in the extreme cold, your car can also be a danger to your pets.

“Coolant systems in vehicles may freeze and rupture and that could lead to leaking antifreeze and that's highly toxic to pets,” Goodson said.

Another piece of advice, a lot of times cats will crawl up in the engine area of your car because it's warm. So, before you crank up, bang on the hood to scare away the cat.